Adjustable collar button



Patented June 1G, 1924.

PERCY M. SMITH, OF ."BUSl-INEL-L, ILLINOIS.

ADJUSTABLE COLLAR BUTTON.

Application led August 4, 1923. Serial No. 655,614.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it kno-wn that I, PERoY M. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bushnell, in the county of McDonough and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Colla-rButtons, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to adjustable collar buttons and moreparticularly to an improved button which may be attached to the neckbandof a shirt or waist so that the neckband may be adjusted to properly fitthe neck of the wearer. l

The primary ob-ject of the invention is to provide a colla-r button ofthis character which may be adjustably connected to one end of theneckband and which will be adapted to be buttoned to the opposite end ofthe neckband thus permittingl the wearer to adjust the button at anypoint on vthe neckband so that the latter may be shortened or lengthenedto properly tit the neck.

Other objects of the invention will appear upon consideration of thefollowing detailed description and accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of the device showing it applied to aneckband,

Figure 2 is a plan View of same,

Figure 3 is a back view, and

Figure 4L is a cross section on the line -l-Ll of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the plate 1 is relatively narrowand substantially rectangular in form and is longitudinally curved toconform to the curvature of the neckband of a shirt or waist. Projectinglaterally from the plate l is the button which includes the button shank2 and the head' of conventional form. At the back of the plate, a pin 4is hingedly mounted and this pin comprises the shank 5 provided at oneendV with a pintle 6 receivable in the sockets 7 so that the pin mayfreely swing. The opposite end of the pin is pointed and is receivablein a notch 8 when the pin is applied and in position.

When the neckband is too long to properly t t-he neck of the wearer, thepin will be applied to one end of the neckband at a point which willcause the button to engage the button-hole on the opposite end of theband so that the neck band will snugly fit in a comfortable manner. Thebutton of course will be disposed in a position to readily engage thebutton-hole in one end of the neck band and may be utilized in the usualmanner to secure a collar on the neckband. When the neckband is tooshort, the pin may be moved to the eXtreme end of one end of the neckband and the opposite end engaged by the button. In this manner anadjustment may be made so that the wearer may be assured of acomfortable tit of the neckband around his nec-k.

Minor changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claimshereunto appended.

What I claim is:

l. An adjustable. collar button for the neckband of a shirt comprising acurved plate conforming to the curvature of the neckband, a buttonincluding a shank eX- tending laterally from the plate and having a headon its free end, a pin comprising a pin shank having a pintle rigidlysecured to one end, means on said plate topivotally receive the ends ofsaid pintle, the opposite end Aof the pin being pointed, a notch in thesaid plate to receive the pointed end of the pin, the said plate being`elongated and substantially rectangular whereby longitudinal adjustmentofthe plate on the neckband may be made by the pin to vary the positionof the said button.

2. An adjustable collar button comprising, in combination with aneckband of a shirt or other garment, an elongated rectangular plate ofa width less than the width of the neckband and longitudinally curved toconform to the curvature of the neckband, a. button comprising a shanklaterally projecting' from the said plate and equipped with a head atits free end, a fastening pin comprising a pin shank, a pintle rigidlycarried by one end of the shank, sockets carl ried by the plate toreceive the'ends of said pintle where-by the pin may lbe movablymounted, and means to receive the opposite pointed end of the pin.

In testimony whereof, I have aixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

PERC'Y M. SMITH Witnesses:

Louis F. OBLANDER,

Grnoncn` H. MoDrLL. i

